We always had a wood stove growing up, and it seems like we only cleaned the ashes out a few times a season. We always burned Tamarack (lived in Oregon growing up), and of course it wasn't an EPA approved stove.
I burn with the Pleasant Hearth 1800 sq foot model, and it seems like I accumulate more ashes then I remember when I was younger. I'm burning oak and hickory (in North Carolina now), seasoned 1 1/2 years under a covered barn.
If I don't take the ashes out once a week they really start to build up in the stove.
What about your stove? How often do you remove the ashes? What works best for you?
~jeremy
I burn with the Pleasant Hearth 1800 sq foot model, and it seems like I accumulate more ashes then I remember when I was younger. I'm burning oak and hickory (in North Carolina now), seasoned 1 1/2 years under a covered barn.
If I don't take the ashes out once a week they really start to build up in the stove.
What about your stove? How often do you remove the ashes? What works best for you?
~jeremy